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by ChrisK
Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:55 am
Forum: Website Related
Topic: phpBB 3.x
Replies: 11
Views: 12434

Re: phpBB 3.x

Never mind. It looks like it's fixed now.
by ChrisK
Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:54 am
Forum: Website Related
Topic: phpBB 3.x
Replies: 11
Views: 12434

Re: phpBB 3.x

Check the clock. The latest messages are dated tomorrow.
by ChrisK
Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:40 pm
Forum: Other Cities Fire Scanning
Topic: Chatterboxes
Replies: 8
Views: 7091

Chatterboxes

Has anyone else noticed that whenever a call involves the Palomar Mountain VFD there is at least double the normal amount of radio traffic?

I'll bet Heartland was glad to turn them over to Monte Vista.
by ChrisK
Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:09 pm
Forum: Other Cities Fire Scanning
Topic: Cal Fire aircraft
Replies: 0
Views: 3301

Cal Fire aircraft

I found out something today that I didn't know before. All of Cal Fire's aircraft (with a small number of exceptions) are actually owned by the US Forest Service and on loan to Cal Fire through the Federal Excess Personal Property program. Maybe everybody else knew this already, but I had thought th...
by ChrisK
Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:45 am
Forum: Other Cities Fire Scanning
Topic: Helicopter?
Replies: 3
Views: 6587

Helicopter?

There's a fire fighting helicopter parked in the east transient parking area at Gillespie Field. It's N205HQ. The owner is listed as a bank, but there is a logo on it for HeliQwest. (In fact, there are some photos of it on www.heliqwest.com.) It doesn't seem to have a helicopter number on it (like 1...
by ChrisK
Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:14 pm
Forum: Aviation Scanning
Topic: SDPD Cessnas?
Replies: 12
Views: 10335

Do you know where they keep them?
by ChrisK
Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:59 pm
Forum: Aviation Scanning
Topic: SDPD Cessnas?
Replies: 12
Views: 10335

SDPD Cessnas?

The San Diego Police Department has two Cessna 182s listed in the FAA database, N701SD and N702SD. They've been registered since 1980 and 1990 respectively.

Has anybody ever seen them or know anything about them?
by ChrisK
Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:33 pm
Forum: Other Cities Fire Scanning
Topic: Air Attack 690
Replies: 36
Views: 25628

The latest version of Air Attack 690 (N1165Z) was at Montgomery Field this morning. They had a meeting on the ramp with a couple of SDFD personnel from the helibase. They were doing some radio testing, with traffic on Mutual Aid 30. There have been some communications issues on the last couple of Sa...
by ChrisK
Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:55 pm
Forum: Frequencies and Talkgroups
Topic: Chating about the video downlink on San Diego Red2 154.1750
Replies: 3
Views: 3316

Copter 2 was also involved. The drill ended about 7:50 PM.
by ChrisK
Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:53 pm
Forum: Frequencies and Talkgroups
Topic: Chating about the video downlink on San Diego Red2 154.1750
Replies: 3
Views: 3316

Also, I think there are media representatives there.

One ASTREA helicopter is also there.